The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-05-11
TIE INTERSTATE ENCilIpMENT
iNEiE,iGNTS PEHFECTED F0 L
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will assemble 81 the E-campl1ent
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End, ,.,.1, an,; coa:inue until SATURDAY,
Au6a@5 -.
Tao Interstate Farmers Encaup-
melt IS Tue 1esa!to; the combined efforts
of the friends OF .aigr;cuiture, in eli its
departments, 70 Ell q want long felt by
those n,ost heartily interested i'll the
material progress of cur Southern States.
Il is under the auspices OF the Patrons
OF Busbandry OF Alabama, Tennessee,
Georgia, North Carolina and South
Carolina.
The urine object Of this Exhibition
IS, that the producing classes al over the
country may meet annually in friendly
rivalry and competition, for the purpose
of displaying what each has wrought
during the year. Such gatherings are
highly beneficial, not only because they
afford 10 ali an opportunity of beholding
what has been done, but rather because
Il is AMID such surroundings that the
fagging energies and dropping aspira-
ton of the multituaes are quickened
into activity, and they return to the
quiet Of farm and shop determined to
equal, and, i possible, surpass the tri-
rIphs they have witnessed. Several Of
these Interstate Encampments are, and
2ave been for years, IL the most success
| ful operation in other parts Of the United
States, at which there attend annually
hundreds OF thousands of visitors from
al the various occupations Of life. They
go away benefited, and for this purpose
mainly was this Encampment lnaugu
rated.
The location OF the Encampment is
central and easily accessible from every
county in the States aforementioned.
1t is directly on the line of the Atlanta
anG Charlotte Division OF the Richmond
and Danville Railroad, with direct con-
ncctions al Sparianburg Zone mile from
grounds) with Charleston and the Sea
Coast, Augusta and the South, Atlanta
end the Southwest and West, -Asheyii!e
and the Northwest and West, ard Char
lottc and ali points beyond to the East,
North ard Northeast. 1t les at the foot
Of and n clear view of the Blue Ridge
Mountains
The City of Spartanburg, S. c., was
chosen by the committee charged with
tie selection OF a location on account OF
the many advantages and facilities
afforded to such grand enterprise.
Isl. The Railroad facilities OF the To-
cation at Scartanburg are unsurpassed
for easy and speedy access from every
part ol the whole country.
md. The City is the first and only
one of any importance directly in the
Piedmont region and having direct and
short Railroad line across the Blue
EidGe Mountains into East Tennessee,
Western North Carolin&, and beyond to
the great West.
3rd. 1t is in the direct line Of al SUM-
mcr travel from the low counties Of
South Carolina and Georgia, and from
Florida to the mountain resorts OF West
ern North Carolina.
4.h. The health OF the City and Coun-
! ty OF Spartanburg is unsurpassed by any
locality IL the whole Southern States.
9TH. It is also easily accessible 10 the
celebrated Health Resort of Glenn
Springs; besides many resorts Of minor
Importance within easy reach.
9Th. The whole City and County is
alive TO auy and every enterprise that
looks to the upbuilding Of the South and
The bettering OF the condition Of the
agricultural and Producing classes.
The grounds are thirty acres In ex-
tent, facing the railroad, where there
viii be double side tracks with hand
some and convenient depots. Water
vii be abundantly supplied from wells
and from the City Water Works. Streets
and Avenues surround and intersect the
Grounds at convenient distances.
There has been a mammoth Pavilion
erected near the centre Of the grounds,
in which public addresses will be deliv-
cred by prominent Agriculturalists at
various hours in the day and evening.
One OF the States above named is now
erecting handsome ahd commodious
structure for the exhibition Of its re-
sources, to be under the management Of
State Department Of Agriculture. The
other four States viii, in all probability,
make provision at the next sessions of
their respective Legislatures for the
erection Of similar State buildings.
Every effort is being put forth by the
management to give the occasion every
possible convenience and facility for the
successful! accomplishment OF the En-
campmenV's object and aim.
Many persons viii erect small plank
tents OF the grounds for permanent use;
nany others will bring cloth tents, quilts
and blankets with them, while the man
agement viii endeavor to have sufficient
number besides, 50 that al visitors de-
slrinG to 90 SO can ''camp out" on the
grounds.
There viii be, however, abundant
uotel accommodations at Spartanbulg,
one mile away, at very reasonable rates,
, Tor those VINO prefer hotel quarters.
Here viii be an adequate number CT
Eating Houses and Restaurants OF the
grounds 10 accommodate all visitors,
.na charges tor meals and lodgings will
:2e exceedingly low.
;rr;;,ornrnIrts viii be made with Ill